SOLUTION: Find the y-intercept and the x-intercept for the equation.
4x+3y=12
y-intercept is?
x-intercept is?
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Question 157860: Find the y-intercept and the x-intercept for the equation.
4x+3y=12
y-intercept is?
x-intercept is?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x-intercept
To find the x-intercept, plug in and solve for x
Start with the given equation.
Plug in .
Multiply and 0 to get 0.
Simplify.
Divide both sides by to isolate .
Reduce.
So the x-intercept is )
.
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y-intercept
To find the y-intercept, plug in and solve for y
Start with the given equation.
Plug in .
Multiply and 0 to get 0.
Simplify.
Divide both sides by to isolate .
Reduce.
So the y-intercept is )
.
Notice that if we graph the equation , we can see that the graph has the x-intercept and the y-intercept . So this verifies our answer.
Graph of
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